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Article: Effects of peer education training on peer educators: Leadership, self-esteem, health knowledge, and health behaviors
- Article from:
- Journal of College Student Development
- Article date:
- September 1, 2000
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Researchers investigated the effects of participating in peer education training on 30 undergraduate peer educators. The participants were predominately female, White, Asian, or Pacific Islander, and their average age was 20 years. Participants reported significantly more leadership, health knowledge, and active involvement in changing personal health behaviors after completing peer education training than at the onset of the course. Selfesteem did not significantly increase.
Peer education programs on college campuses train students to provide information and programming to fellow students. Seventy-eight percent of colleges and universities in the United States have invested in programs ...